Brier-hook.



No. 853,417. PATENTBD MAY 14, 190v.

M. a. MOLLERH. H

BRIER HOOK. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 8, 1907.

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MEDERIO O. MOLLERE, OF LAROSE,

LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANCIS DUCOS, OF LAROSE, LOUISIANA.

BRlER-HOOK,

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed March 8,1907. Serial No. 361,388-

To a whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Mnnnnic C. MOLLERE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Larose, in the parish of Laiourche and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Brier-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to brier-hooks and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide an implement of the character indicated which is simple and durable in construction and which may be easily manipulated for the purpose of cutting briers and tangled underbrush, the implement having a cutting edge which extends along the entire length oithe member constituting the blade.

In the acompanying drawing :-Figure 1 Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the blank from which the blade is formed, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the blank from which the handle socket is formed.

The implement consists of the blade 1 which is provided at its outer end with a hooked portion 2 and at one corner of its opposite end is cut away as at 3. The cutting edge 4; extends along the entire length of the blade 1 and the hooked portion 2. The handle socket 5 is "formed up from a strip of sheet metal which is cut substantially triangular as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The flange 6 is then formed upon the said sheet and the sheet is bent around a former which forms the socket portion 7. The flanges 6 are then riveted to the sides of the blades 1 at the edge of the cut-away portion 3 thereof so that the said socket 7 lies directly over the said cut-away portion 3. The end of the handle 8 is inserted in the socket 7 and is secured therein by means of a screw 9 and pin 10 which pass through perforations provided in the said socket portions 10. It will thus be observed that the blade 1 is devoid of a shank and that the handle 8 is not weakened by having a blade shank inserted in the end thereof. The socket 7 in combination with the end of the blade 1 forms a substantial receptacle for the end of the handle 8 and in case the said handle should be broken its stub may be readily removed from the socket in order that another handle maybe attached to the blade.

I-Iaving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A brier-hook comprising a blade having a cutting edge extending along its entire length and being cut-away at the back of its butt end, a socket formed from sheet metal and having edge flanges which are attached to the opposite sides of the blade at the cutaway portion thereof, said socket lying over said cut-away portion and forming a handleendv receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I- have hereto al'lixed my signature in the presence of'two witnesses.

, MEDERIO C. MOLLERE.

Witnesses:

E. B. AYo, RIsHARD WILLIAM. 

